Chalk-holder.



H. T. MOGUNE.

CHALK HOLDER.

APPLIGATIOH FILED MAR. 31, 1908.

Patented 0011.27, 1908.

j gr I /0 r Witnesses HARRY T. MCOUNE, OF BRADDOGK, PENNSYLVANIA.

CHALK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application filed March 31, 1908. Serial No. 424,387.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY T. MGCUNE, a citizen-of the. United States ofAmerica, residing at Braddock, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inChalk-Holders, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing bad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to chalk-holders, particularly designed forbilliard and pool tables, and the primary object of my invention' is toprovide a novel holder for chalk that canbe suitably suspended forconvenient use, and from which the chalk cannot be surreptitiouslyremoved.

Another object'of this invention is to provide a chalk holder that willprotect the fin-.

ers of a hand, while the tip of a due is bemg chalked. I

A further object of this invention is to provide a chalk holder adaptedto. be attached to a billiard or pool table, the holder being protectedwhereby the same will not injure a table when allowed to strike thesame. I

With the above. and other objects in view which will more readily appearas the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts to .be presently described and then specifically pointed out in the appended claims. In thedrawings:Figure l is a side elevation of my chalk holder, Fig. 2 is anend view of the same, Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the holder,Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the holder, illustrating aslight modification, Fig. 5 is an elevation of a pin used in connectionwith the holder, and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of a piece. of chalk,partly broken away and partly in section.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a cylindrical metallic casingfor a cylindrical piece ofchalk 2. The casing 1 is formed with aradially disposed housing 3 for a coil spring 4, said spring bearingupon the head 5 of a pin 6. This pin is adapted to engage incircumferentially arranged grooves 7 provided therefor in the chalk 2,and prevent the chalk from being removed from the holder.

In order that the pin 6 can be elevated to permit of the chalk 2 beingplacedin the cas- J mg 1, I provide the head 5 of the in wit-h anopening. Sadapt'ed to aline wit oppositely disposed openings 9 formed inthe housing 3. Before the chalk is placed in the casing 1, the fingercan be inserted therein, and the pin 6 raised, at which time a pin 10can be inserted in one of the openings 9 to engage in the opening 8 ofthe head 5, and

hold the pin in an elevated position. When the chalk has been placedin-the casing 1, the pin 10 can be withdrawn allowing the spring 4 toforce the pin 6 downwardly into one of the grooves 7 of the chalk.

The holder is adapted'to be attached to a billiard or pool table by acable or chain 11, and to prevent the casing l and the housing 3 frominjuring the table when struck by the holder, I provide the casing 1with a covering 12 of-resilient material, as rubber. and the housing 3with a similar covering 13, said covering having openings '14 formedtherein to aline with the openings 90f the housing 3, also an opening 15for the cable or chain 11.

The circumferentially arranged groove 7 permits of the chalk 2 beingvpartially rotated in the casing, and prevents longitudinal displacementof the chalk when the pin 6 engages in either of said grooves.

It is apparent that the chalk will have to be entirely used or broken.out of the holder in order to remove the same.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings, the cable or chain 11 is attached to an eyein the end of the housing, while in Fig. 4 the chain or cable,is-passed-through the end of the housing. Ijreserve the right to useeither mode of fastening the chain or cable.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new, is

1. In ,a chalk holder, "the combination of a casing adapted to receivethe chalk, a housin carried by said casing, a spring presse pin arrangedinsaid housing for engaging in the chalk, a cable or chain attached tosaid housing, a resilient covering fitting upon said casing a resilientcovering fitting upon saidhousing, and a pin for engaging 1n saidhousing and holding said spring-pressed pin in an elevated osition,while the chalk is placed within said casing.

2. In a chalk holder, the combination of a casing adapted to receive thechalk, a housing carried by said casing, a spring pressed pin arrangedin said housing for engagin the chalk, a cable or chain attached to saihousing, a resilient covering fitting upon said casing, a resilientcovering fitting upon said housing, and means for engaging in saidhousing and holding said pin in an elevated position, while the chalk'isplaced within said casing.

3-5. In a chalk holder, the combination of a casing, adapted to receivethe chalk, a housing carried by said casing, a spring pressed pinarranged in said housing and adapted to engage in the chalk, a coveringfor said casing, a covering for said housing, and a chain or cableattached to said holder.

. l. In a chalk holder, the combination of a casing adapted to receivethe chalk, a housing carried by said casing, a spring pressed

